Over the River and Through the Woods

Grandmas are pretty smart. My grandma bought a Super Nintendo, proving her Mensa membership to us grandchildren by one mere action.

What better way to endear your grandchildren to you than to take the legs off the foosball table and play with them? (See the video below)

We're all enjoying a little Christmas vacation with family. We've assigned Wes to be the official "enthusiasm demonstrator" on this trip. Natalie has the assignment for next trip. Be watching for that video. Old cheer uniforms may be involved...

Birthday Bowling

On Monday we went bowling to celebrate my 27th birthday! Check out the pics below:

The birthday girl!

Bruce

Steve hammin' it up.

Tyler showing off.

Brian was taking all the pictures so this is the best one I got of him.

Christie (goes with Bruce)

Jonelle (goes with Steve)

Andrea (goes with Tyler)

Wes was great and just walked around while we bowled.

My 3 to the 3rd birthday cake before it was lit on fire.

Blowing out the candles!

At home with my kiddos before opening presents.

Me and my girl celebrating into the night!

Holiday Hustle!

Want to run a 5k? Sure!

In Michigan? Sure!

In December? Why not?

You may think we were crazy, but we were crazy along with about 700 other people. With a high temperature of 31.7 degrees and a low of 11.5 degrees, how could we go wrong?

This picture was actually taken after the race. I was quite proud of myself for finishing under 35 minutes since I had a baby 9 weeks ago and then carried one for 9 months before that and then 9 months before that I had another baby and then carried that one for 9 months before that. Confusing I know, but suffice it to say, I haven't had a great workout in a while but I feel pretty awesome about yesterday. And I feel very, very sore...

When can I do it again?!

Andrea, Brian and I all ran the race together. I definitely slowed them down, but we had fun! We got free flashing Santa hats and reindeer antlers and everyone comes out all dressed up in holiday gear. There were all ages of people and even a few dogs! There's was quite a bit of wind and we got pelted with icy rain for part of the race. You know it's cold when the water you pick up along the trail has a layer of ice in it. Once we were running, it really wasn't so bad though.

Andrea's husband Tyler was a trooper and got to practice being a dad of 3 carrying Sydney in the Bjorn and pushing Wes and Hayden in the stroller while we ran the race.

Sydney slept the entire time. She was nice and cozy in there. It helped keep Tyler warm too!








Hayden, Tyler, Sydney and Wes - the Super Troopers!

After the race there was a parade in downtown Dexter. Here's Brian trying to get Wes excited about the fire truck. The parade was very disappointing. Notice how red Wes' hands are! Poor kid! (Sorry Mom, I know...He did have gloves, but they just wouldn't stay on.) Brian was also missing his hat and gloves so they were both freezing.

I wanted to get the boys' picture with the Nativity Scene (while they're still allowed in Michigan...and no, we didn't see any Atheist signs) but Wes was totally beyond done at this point and just wanted Brian to hold him.

We had a lot of fun though! The Hoopers came over after and we ordered Jimmy John's ("Subs so fast, you'll freak!") and had white hot chocolate. Let us know if you want to join us next year!